Lynn White

Sky Dive

Stand back.

Now you’ve found the key

and unlocked the door

I’m going to jump

you don’t have to push me.

Here I go,

I’m going to jump

into the sky, 

the door is open now

and I’m going to jump!

You don’t have to push me,

Did I miss my slot?

I think you turned the key

so that the door locked

when I wanted to jump.

The Sky At Night

She thought the night sky was like a puzzle

where you had to join the dots

to find the key 

to unlock 

the glittering cairns

marking the paths 

to the moon,

to Venus,

to the sun

and beyond.

She thought that maybe

a cairn would come apart

and a piece fall to earth.

Perhaps she could catch it there,

hold it in her hands

let it warm them

let it shine 

through

then she turned the key

and let it go back into the sky.

Light Dawns

Once the darkness was everywhere,

but now it has had its time.

It thought it could last forever.

It thought it could cover its traces,

but it was wrong.

We found the key

to open up the sky

and let light shine.

Now its time is ending,

the key is turned and

the sun pierces the sky

revealing, 

not everything,

but some things.

Enough.